Tom Allison and the Celtic cold war

Back in the glory days of the fanzine insurgency, I recall that the people at Not The View (NTV) referred to the Celtic Board as the “Politburo”. Keeping with that Soviet vibe, those rebels with word processors referred to the Celtic View as “Pravda”. For the avoidance of doubt, I don’t think many of us attending the matches at the rickety old stadium on Kerrydale Street thought that the club’s official blatt was dealing in the truth. This is one of the ages...